There’s a lot of folks in blogland writing about the joys of painting and refurbishing furniture. Most of the posts I read portray beautiful photographs of furniture and rooms that could be pulled straight out of a design magazine.
I love painting furniture, but I find it a constant struggle to organize all the revolving clutter eh-hem, furniture & supplies. I’m guessing, I’m not the only one. If you’re a project oriented type of person, you probably find yourself in a mess from time to time.
It seems to creep up on you like a tsunami and before you realize it, your whole world is turned upside down. I’ll be the first to admit I’m the source of most of the messes in our home. Many of them are related to the furniture painting business I started last year. There is always an array of furniture taking up valuable space in our garage.
My VERY tiny workshop is bursting at the seams. I have such a limited amount of space I can barely turn around. Did I mention I’m severely ADHD?
My time is divided between hunting for furniture, painting pieces for the space I rent at the store, painting custom furniture for clients at home, hauling things to the store, creating price tags, printing labels, photographing furniture, re-sizing and downloading photos, writing blog posts, shipping paint, scheduling jobs, ordering supplies, paying bills, answering phone calls, emails and blog replies…. and that doesn’t even account for my responsibilities as a wife and mother of young ones.
My days start before the sun comes up and I work till I collapse, sometimes into the wee hours of the next morning. Because I’m so exhausted at the end of the day, I end up putting away only what I absolutely have to which means I wake up to a mountain a little bit larger than it was the day before.
I have a lot of projects in the works and some fabulous pieces patiently waiting their turn, let me know if there is something you’re looking for or if you have a piece of furniture you would like painted.
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Beyond The Picket Fence
Furniture Feature Friday – Miss Mustardseed
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Glad to be of service, and thanks for the link! It’s so good to see so many of your talents put to work (and that I can still help you with some of mine! Blessings!
Shelly,
You totally described my life and workshop! I have maxed out every square inch of it and it’s a disorganized mess because I haven’t had the time to really get in there and get it done right. I’ve been making some small attempt the last few weeks, but the progress has been slow. How wonderful that you have such great friends who will come give you a hand!! I’m thrilled that everything is going to well for you!!! :0)
Hey – you don’t have Knick of Time Tuesday on your list! You better keep sharing there or I’ll hunt you down!
Love & Blessings,
Angie @ Knick of Time
Bravo for honesty about your space! There are too many “perfect” pictures in blogland. I love your post because this is my life too!!
I posted a similar post recently about my craft room & carport! I know exactly what you are talking about as I will get it cleaned up and the next day it starts piling up again. Thanks for being honest makes me feel better about my chaos. lol
Thank for the link! I love these pics! It looks familiar! I always have furniture in the way of Mike’s parking space. I’m on my way to your link. Have a great weekend!
Ok….do your friends hire out, Shelly….?? lol! You should see my disasterous basement (workshop)!!! Yikes! Thank goodness that I moved some of my clutter out and into my new booth at Doster Emporium. I can at least make my way around my basement again….a little. hehehe! I feel your pain! 🙂 I was wondering if you knew Michelle from Emerald Cove Jewelry (blog)? She’s a pretty regular visitor to Not So Shabby I believe!
xoxo laurie
Hope your paint demo was amazing!!! Looking forward to reading how to get myself organized. Your garage and mine could be twins.
I know this all to well. When I first moved into my home 10 years ago, I actually parked in my garage. That has since changed and their are so many pieces of furniture waiting patiently for their turn:)